ACWA Welcomes You
The ACWA Board of Directors, its officers and members would like to welcome you to the online home of the American Chuck Wagon Association.
About Our Association
Get To Know Us
The American Chuck Wagon Association started out as a small group of Old West enthusiasts and has expanded to world wide association preserving the American past through competitions, demonstrations, charity and school events and other venues.
Our work is funded by donations, honorariums and memorials; cookbook, note card, cap & apron sales, as well as membership dues.
Youth & the ACWA
In the ACWA, the youth have just as much fun as the adults! The American Chuck Wagon Association offers competitive cook offs for youth and also offers a scholarship to selected individuals each year. 2010 Scholarship Winner chosen
General Store
Want to take home some of that authentic, Old West taste and style? Now you can with ACWA Cookbooks, beautiful note cards, aprons and caps!
Chuck Wagon Catering
Many of our members offer catering services. Contact one of them to bring some of the finest chuck wagon cooking to your next event.
ACWA News & Events
President's Message
Texas summers and chuck wagon cooking do not go together, especially for some of us older and heavier chuck wagon cooks. Take a look at the schedule of competitive events and you will notice the conspicuous absence of Texas events during the summer months and the growing number of events in the northern states. Minnesota, Colorado and South Dakota will, I'm sure, be drawing some of the Texas chuck wagons to their events to escape the Texas drought and heat. Chuck wagon competitive events can now be found each month of the year in various parts of the country.
The American Chuck Wagon Association (ACWA) continues to promote the history and support the education of chuck wagons and chuck wagon cooking in numerous ways. Thanks to many of the ACWA members for volunteering and donating their time and resources to demonstrate and tell the chuck wagon story.
The Rogers Ranch Chuck Wagon recently donated their wagon and rib eye steak dinner for twenty to a charity fund raiser for a local hospital. Results of the bidding for their donation netted the hospital almost $10,000.00. Having sampled Emma & Phil's cooking I can attest that it was money well spent.
Received word from Frank Wood who said that he and his Cow Camp Wagon are appearing on the Food Network, scheduled for September 12 at 10 PM CDT. The show is titled "The Great Lunch Truck Race" so be sure and watch for Frank.
I visited with fellow ACWA member Fred Pontello who sells chuck wagons to folks in the Fredericksburg, Texas area. Fred said that with each chuck wagon sold, he includes a one year membership to the ACWA. He also maintains a supply of ACWA brochures in his business, Lone Star Ranch Outfitters, and is an active promoter of the ACWA. Thanks for your support Fred.
I ask that all of the ACWA members share their volunteering efforts with the membership by notifying any of the ACWA Directors. Photos of these events would be great to include on our web site.
The ACWA is now receiving candidates for the position of Director. Outgoing directors are Johnny Adkins, Marilyn Johnson and Scott Tibbets. Director nominations can be sent to ACWA, 1723 East Tate, Brownfield, TX 79316 or e-mailed to ACWA. Nominations must be received by Sept. 1. We will be voting on these candidates in the near future with final results being announced at the annual ACWA Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 6, 2010. All members are encouraged to attend the annual meeting and participate in our association. We will also be having an ACWA membership meeting in Ruidoso, New Mexico on Friday, October 8, 2010. This is one of several meetings held during the year at various regional events. Lonnie Tegeler President American Chuck Wagon AssociationLonnie Tegeler - 8/2010
- Our next annual meeting will be held in Ft. Worth, TX on Nov. 6, 2010. We hope to see you there!
A Little History
In 1996 at a chuck wagon competition in Amarillo, Texas, a small group of Old West enthusiasts and wagon masters talked about an association.
The mission would be to preserve the heritage of the chuck wagon and its use in the short, but significant, era of the cattle drives.
In 1997, in Bryson, Texas, by-laws and articles of operation were adopted and the American Chuck Wagon Association was off and running.
Today there are members in 31 states, Canada, Germany and Switzerland.
Members participate in Cook off competitions, demonstrations, catering, charity events, school visits and many other activities to fulfill that original mission and even surpass the dreams of those organizers.
Thank you for visiting our site and we hope you will visit one or more of our chuck wagon events.
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